Online fresh food sales are recording strong growth. In the UK, fresh food e-commerce, also called “e-food,” is valued at £7.8 billion and is the largest market of its kind in Europe. Across the continent, e-food sales are expected to rise from 21% to 34% by 2018.

Each year on May 5, people around the globe come together to celebrate World Hand Hygiene Day. Organized by the World Health Organization (WHO), the event raises awareness for the role that hand hygiene plays in preventing healthcare associated infections (HAIs) and keeping people healthy. The 2017 theme is “Fight antibiotic resistance – it’s in your hands” and Diversey Care has numerous promotions to increase understanding about proper and regular hand hygiene in critical settings such as healthcare facilities.

Don’t let reports of deliveries made by flying robots fool you. We haven’t moved fully into The Jetsons territory yet. Just because Amazon has been granted patents for drones and airborne fulfillment centers doesn’t mean use of these delivery technologies is imminent. Today, tomorrow, and for quite a while, trucks will be used to transport e-commerce packages to people’s homes.

A company’s e-commerce success is dependent on having three things: the right people in the right process with the right systems. Though it sounds simple, many companies struggle to bring these integral pieces together at the same time.

Diversey Care has just wrapped up another eventful and engaging Global Food Safety Conference, which attracts more than 1,200 food safety professionals from 54 countries. This year’s theme, “Leadership for Growth: Innovation, Networking & Efficiency,” shined a spotlight on manufacturers, academics and service providers, including Diversey Care, that are dedicated to making the foodservice industry safer, more proactive and more innovative.

A year passes so quickly…again we will be celebrating International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8. It is a wonderful event and a time to take stock. It reminds us that it is never enough to just recognise the problems that we face as a gender. The rallying call for this year’s International Women's Day - #BeBoldForChange – charges each one of us to be a leader to accelerate gender parity. Working together we can unleash the limitless potential women offer to the global economy.

If you waited to see how cloud-based fleet management systems would change the cleaning industry before you tried them, it’s time to revisit their potential. Your competitors may already be a step ahead after implementing these systems, meaning that it’s time to take your business to the next level. Thankfully, finding the right system for your needs is simple if you follow the proper steps, including:

As e-commerce dominates the retail landscape, secondary packaging is more important than ever. All the fleece pullovers, Fitbits, and K-cups you order online have to make their way to your home somehow. That journey can be smooth and easy or fraught with damage. You won’t know which path your parcel took until it shows up at your doorstep. Pass or fail?